Interview:Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeries

Tens of thousands of times each year, patients are wheeled into the nation's operating rooms for surgery that isn't necessary, a USA TODAY review of government records and medical databases finds.

http://www.wtsp.com/video/2494748538001/1496577165001/InterviewDoctors-perform-thousands-of-unnecessary-surgerieshttp://bcdownload.gannett.edgesuite.net/wtsp/35087134001/35087134001_2494879429001_th-51c330b2e4b0ef668eb24f83-1206954757001.jpg?pubId=35087134001Interview:Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeriesTens of thousands of times each year, patients are wheeled into the nation's operating rooms for surgery that isn't necessary, a USA TODAY review of government records and medical databases finds. medicalnationalwtspHealthlocalNewsUSA Todaysurgery03:38